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SeanBeansShako posted:You underestimate the insanity of internet fanfiction. I'm thinking about stuff that makes paranoid libertarian crazy Lando look a rational and sane individual. I don't know how much more crazier you can get from that. That's got to be nearing peak crazy right there. Slantedfloors fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Apr 29, 2011 |
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Slantedfloors posted:I like hyperbole as much as the next guy but I already told you people - Libertarian Lando poisons a planet's food supply because they have import tariffs. I can't wait to read that bit in the Lets Read mock thread.
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SeanBeansShako posted:This image is still the best thing about this whole thread. I wish there was a way to make it the thread title.
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Anyone else see the previews for the new Crimson Empire comic? The art is ridiculous, it almost looks like an extended editorial cartoon. With lasers. And speaking of ridiculous Dark Horse stuff, I found this latest gem in the Legacy letter column "Jedi Jon" posted:The cast of Legacy is great, and I like what you're doing here at the end... but I just have one request: Mandos! I've loved the Mandos since the first time I ever saw Boba Fett. Then, with all the Republic Commando books building up that culture, my appreciation just got deeper and deeper! Then they showed up in Legacy with awesome new armor and a few interesting characters to add to the list of epic Mandalorians. And then they disappeared! Where is Hondo Karr? Where are the rest of the Mando'ade? Surely they aren't shaking in their shebs* bacj on Mandalore waiting to see how the areuttise war turns out? Plus, the Mando legacy surely shaped the life of Darth Krayt back in the clone wars, and they have a long history of working for or against (mostly for) the Sith. Don't they have a stance on these Sith chakaar?* Or at least they should be contracted out by one or the other sides of this war. Could you somehow find space in this conflict for the most awesome fighters (without the Force) the galaxy has ever known?Maybe a fleet of basilisk war droids show up and turn the tide for the Fel-Stazi-Jedi alliance? Oya Manda!* I feel like that is the one thing I've been missing in Legacy! everything else has been perfect, and again I'll be sad to see it go. Hopefully you all can return to this era again sometime! This is only a portion of the single long letter they published for this issue of Legacy. The rest is generic gushing without the MANDOS . The asterisks are because they also provided a translation key for all the Mando words this dude threw out there. But gently caress if I'm gonna copy that over. Really I'm convinced they must only get like the same five or so people writing letters, because they keep printing the same guys month after month. This time maybe only the one dude came out of the woodwork, I guess?
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yronic heroism posted:Anyone else see the previews for the new Crimson Empire comic? The art is ridiculous, it almost looks like an extended editorial cartoon. With lasers. Got a link? If the third one is terrible, it'll make me kind sad - I enjoyed the first Crimson Empire, and at least tolerated the second.
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yronic heroism posted:Anyone else see the previews for the new Crimson Empire comic? The art is ridiculous, it almost looks like an extended editorial cartoon. With lasers. I really miss the days where all I knew about Mandolorians came from KOTOR 2 and the Republic Commando game. They were just really neat warrior dudes who were kind of jerks, but you liked them anyway because they blew stuff up, then walked away from the explosion in slow-mo.
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yronic heroism posted:Really I'm convinced they must only get like the same five or so people writing letters, because they keep printing the same guys month after month. This time maybe only the one dude came out of the woodwork, I guess?
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Crowetron posted:I really miss the days where all I knew about Mandolorians came from KOTOR 2 and the Republic Commando game. They were just really neat warrior dudes who were kind of jerks, but you liked them anyway because they blew stuff up, then walked away from the explosion in slow-mo. I miss the days when you could like Boba Fett and Mandalorians without the internet making you feel ashamed of it.
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Epi Lepi posted:I miss the days when you could like Boba Fett and Mandalorians without the internet making you feel ashamed of it. It's okay, Mandos are still super awesome if you ignore all the stupid poo poo about them. Just like the rest of the EU!
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Slantedfloors posted:Got a link? It doesn't come out for another six months or so. I just caught about ten pages of a preview in "Dark Horse presents". There appear to be some two page previews in some recent issues of other Star Wars titles as well. The writing seems pretty meh, but it's really the art I'm reacting to. Everyone just looks weird... instead of the squinty Clint Eastwood type of books past, Kir Kanos just seemed kind of... pencil-necked. No new image for it up on Wookieepedia yet. yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Apr 29, 2011 |
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Azzmo posted:The younger brother is always the evil one.
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mllaneza posted:The younger brother is always the evil one. Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it.
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Oh, theforce.net...quote:First let's look at the physical aspect of lightsaber combat, Sidious used force speed to condition and strengthen Maul's body so he could apply superior acrobatics in his duels.
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Azzmo posted:I find it kind of sad that this looks better than about half of the Prequel Trilogy's "Whirl the Lightsabre Around Your Back Fifty Times" fights.
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mllaneza posted:The younger brother is always the evil one. My older brother jump kicked me in the head when I beat him at Mortal Kombat 3. Then mom took our Sega Genesis away. I was only like 8. Basically what I'm saying is that was the moment my older brother turned evil.
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This is like one of those "5-year old explains Star Wars"-vids, but instead of a 5-year old it's the antithesis of a Star Wars fan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlRYuV9E2dU&feature=player_embedded#at=95 "...the post office box the gold robot and the fuzzy bear"
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Admiral Goodenough posted:This is like one of those "5-year old explains Star Wars"-vids, but instead of a 5-year old it's the antithesis of a Star Wars fan. 'Where were they at? were they on earf' Thats simply precious. And I mean that in a non mean sort of way.
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Admiral Goodenough posted:This is like one of those "5-year old explains Star Wars"-vids, but instead of a 5-year old it's the antithesis of a Star Wars fan. Was expecting something far more upsetting, but honestly I thought she was adorable.
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That is one really bad fake tan.
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http://maythe4th.starwars.com/countdown.php Got a bad feelin' about this...
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Throb Robinson posted:http://maythe4th.starwars.com/countdown.php I can't read that tagline and not hear it in the voice of a pimply guy with a retainer.
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So I'm about halfway through Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, and I have to say that it's turning out to be the best thing I've read since the Thrawn Trilogy. Loads of fun, and I'm glad I decided to pick it up.
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Throb Robinson posted:http://maythe4th.starwars.com/countdown.php What's this about?
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Given the page title I'm assuming they're going to announce a single DVD set of all six movies.
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Throb Robinson posted:http://maythe4th.starwars.com/countdown.php Unless it's a surprise release of The Old Republic, then it could be potentially good. Chairman Capone posted:Given the page title I'm assuming they're going to announce a single DVD set of all six movies. Unless it's some new improved unlimited 34th year directors masters producers cut of the OT, where Luke is replaced by Jar-Jar's abandoned Force nephew and the Death Star dual-wields double bladed lightsabers. Don't you dare say that would be awesome. Bene Elim fucked around with this message at 12:03 on Apr 30, 2011 |
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Bene Elim posted:
Well they do have dvd sets of both the prequel and original trilogy already. Odds are it's info on the blu-rays, 3d releases, or that tv show that has been in development forever.
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Maybe it'll be some cool info about the 3d releases. It'll be neat seeing how many times they'll get jar jar to stick his tongue out at the audience as a tongue-in-cheek way for Lucas to laugh at everyone who watches it (including me and I assume many of you here as much as you'd deny it). Bene Elim posted:Unless it's some new improved unlimited 34th year directors masters producers cut of the OT, where Luke is replaced by Jar-Jar's abandoned Force nephew and the Death Star dual-wields double bladed lightsabers. No need to say - it's already implied.
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Pops Mgee posted:Well they do have dvd sets of both the prequel and original trilogy already. Odds are it's info on the blu-rays, 3d releases, or that tv show that has been in development forever. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Complete-Episodes-Blu-ray/dp/B003ZSJ212/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1304194710&sr=8-2 these?
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Oh, Star Wars fans http://boards.theforce.net/the_senate_floor/b10320/31658691/p1/?30
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yronic heroism posted:Oh, Star Wars fans quote:Yes, if you combined all the good qualities of every great leader in history, then you would have the "ultimate leader." Mister Roboto fucked around with this message at 14:27 on May 3, 2011 |
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yronic heroism posted:Oh, Star Wars fans What's up with the creepy header? Chinless Jorge is going to give me nightmares. e. Facebook friends are spamming this to celebrate Bin Laden's death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np6vAuS0KNs (I'm not even American.) MIDWIFE CRISIS fucked around with this message at 10:55 on May 2, 2011 |
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yronic heroism posted:Oh, Star Wars fans quote:According to Star Trek, one cannot separate Hitler's good qualities from his bad qualities. In the episode Tapestry, Picard has a chance to relive his life, ostensibly without the defects of character he had in his youth, and his life turns out to be mediocre. Because a person/ life is a tapestry and you can't remove one string without the whole thing coming apart. The next time anyone tries to engage me in a debate about politics, I'm going to lead off with "According to Star Trek," and hopefully they'll leave me alone at that point.
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yronic heroism posted:Oh, Star Wars fans DarthPhilosopher posted:Having researched and learnt about the Nazis, Hitler and the Second World War passionately I have reached a conundrum in which I am of the belief certain aspects of Hitlers leadership is a quality which would idealistically consist of a hypothetical ultra-leader of society. Now I am definitely not talking about persecution and intolerance which Hitler harboured, but rather the leadership qualities and charisma of the man. It is an undeniable fact that Hitler was a charismatic man whose ability to spur and unite the German nation took it from a economic mess to a world super-power in less than a decade. Now before you say it I know part of this unification of the German people was because of his intolerance and persecution of minorities, something which is definitely not admirable accomplishment. Rather I am talking about the charisma which allowed him to enthuse people into a common or individual goal. That place is just getting creepier and creepier.
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X Support a fascist dictatorship.
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Nucleic Acids posted:That place is just getting creepier and creepier. He's got a point in a way. For all his failures at everything else, the man was a brilliant demagogue. That doesn't make that whole thread any less...odd.
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Yeah, but Churchill and FDR were charismatic and good at rallying the people too. The fact that he chose Hitler over someone not batshit insane is a bit troubling. Anyway, sort of want:
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Admiral Goodenough posted:Yeah, but Churchill and FDR were charismatic and good at rallying the people too. The fact that he chose Hitler over someone not batshit insane is a bit troubling. Well yes, a genuinely good leader rather than a charismatic demagogue. That's where the whole "odd" bit comes in.
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Well FDR was. Churchill was just lucky nobody else with balls was up for election when the war started (not a slight on poor Chamberlain). He had the tactical military sense of one of the shittier minor EU villains.
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